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The Atlanta Georgian.
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VOL. 1. NO. 155.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24,1906.
PRICE:
INTO A RIVER
Many Persons Hurt
in WreGk of
Flyer.*
TAKE TARIFF OUT OF POLITICS;
CARRIAGE MEN WANT REVISION
Convention Takes Up
Strong Resolu-
NEW YORK HEARS MRS. T. C. PLATT
HAS FILED SUIT FOR A DIVORCE
tions.
FIVE OF INJURED
GO TO HOSPITALS
Two Pullman Coaches Are
Completely Demolished
in Accident.
Pittsburg. Pa.. Oct. 24.—The "Cleve
land Flyer,” known as train No. 810, on
the Cleveland and Pittsburg division
of the Pennsylvania railroad, was
wrecked at Bellevue, four miles west
of this city, shortly after noon today.
The engine of the "Flyer" crashed
Into the rear end of a freight train aft
er It had left the track owing to a
spreading rail.
Ten are known to have been Injured.
Those brought to the Allegheny
general hospital are:
A. V. Reynolds, 27 years old, fire
man, Cleveland, Ohio, burned about the
head and body: may die.
B. A. Hayes, Allegheny, concus
sions and scalded.
William Morarlty, aged 32, brake-
man, of Corapolls, Pa., left hip frac
tured, contusions of the face.
C. E. Ewing, aged 50, Cleveland, en
gineer of "Flyer," burned about the
hands and face.
C. B. Shlllltto, passenger, Pittsburg;
scalp wound.
The wrecked locomtlve went over the
bank Into the Ohio river, at the bottom
of which stream It now lies. Three
Pullman coaches, which composed the
train, are wrecked, two being com
pletely demolished.
DAVID T. WILSON
FORMALLY ELECTED
NEW PRESIDENT
Reports of the Committees
Show Prosperous Year
in Association.
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O BARBECUE TO BE 8ERVED O
THUR8DAY AT 1 O'CLOCK. O
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At midnight Wednesday 2,000 0
O pounds of meats will go to the O
O roasting pits to be barbecued for O
O the great 'cue Thursday. 0
O "Cap" Joyner will prepare this O
O feast for the delegates to the C. B. O
O N. A., and there will be meats O
O sufficient for 8,000 people. The O
O 'cue will be served In the Georgia O
O building Thursday at 1 o'clock. O
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REAL ESTATE
LOCKED UP ON
A. S. Crumpton Charged
with Larceny From
Office.
Charged with stealing a pistol and a
chair from the office of one Mr. Wilson,
a real estate dealer In the Empire
building, A. S. Crumpton, another real
estate dealer, well known In Atlanta,
has been arrested by Detectives Lan
iard and Kilpatrick.
it Is alleged that while Mr. Wilson
was out of his office Mr. Crumpton
Hipped In, took the chair, opened the
desk, and then took the revolver. The
chair was found In the office of Oruitip.
Ion. The pistol was found In a pawn
•hop on Decatur street,
, A gold-headed umbrella Is also miss-
n ft. Mr, Wilson says he left his desk
... .** an< * "ben ho returned It was
itlll locked. The pistol was left In his
desk. In the pocket of Mr. Crumpton
«ns found a key, which, It Is said, fits
Wilson’s dssk,
Crumpton knows nothing of the re-
volver, according to his statement. The
;halr, he says, was loaned to him by
Wilson,
IS REPORTED DIG
Stricken With Serious Ill
ness Tuesday Night at
His Home.
Worcester, Mass., Oct. 24.—Congress
man Roekwood Hoar, son of the late
l nlted States Senator George F. Hoar,
'; as stricken with a serious Illness dur-
, nK *(*e night and today his death Is
•ared at any moment.
He Is suffering from a general ner-
i"us break-down. '
- ', 0 ?* r *** m » n Hoar haa been renoml-
„mr congress, but has been too
10 ,a ke any part in the present cam
paign.
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i ADVOCATES THE REPEAL 0
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3 Special to The Oedrglon. O
3 Huntsville, Ala., Oct. 24.—Hon, O
P. Lane, editor of the O
Z LunuvlUe Evening Tribine, who 0
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Revision of the tariff was the keynote
of Wednesday's session of the Carnage
Builders' National Association.
Two resolutions were Introduced by
the special tariff committee. One call:-
for a complete revision of the Dingley
tarlff act and Immediate action along
that line.
The second calls as emphatically for
tariff revision, and complete separation
of the question from politics. It Is
stressed that this matter Is one that
should be beyond political jugglery. It
Is recommended that the question of
revision be referred to some depart
ment of the government or else to a
board.of tarifr revision to be appointed
and to sit constantly for this work.
Tbese resolutions were. referred to
the resolutions confmlttee, but will
'come up for aetloh'~Thursday7 it-was
ordered that special engrossed copies
of both resolutions be made bv the sec
retary of the association and sent to'
President Roosevelt.
The tariff committee consist* of C. D.
Furestone,-Columbus. Ohio; J. F. Tay
lor, Cincinnati; W. H. McIntyre, Au
burn, lnd.
Session Late Opening.
Members were rather slow In gather
ing for the Wednesday morning ses
sion of the C. B. N. A., and It was
10:40 before President Brunsman call
ed the meeting to order.
Daniel T. Wilson, as chairman 1 of the
executive committee, read a most In
teresting report. It covered fully the
work of the association, and touched
many matters of vital Interest to the
trade.
He stressed the necessity for good
roads. The executive committee re
quested all the vice presidents, as well
as the good roads committees, to par
ticipate in and further any action
tending to enlarge the number of good
roads In their respective states,
whether by conventions called for that
purpose or through state or municipal
authorities and to appoint three local
delegates to represent the association.
Great strides have been reported In
many states In road development, and
the association will push Its campaign
along this line.
The report also calls attention to the
necessity of cooperation on the part
of the association with the government
In Its work of forestry.
During the past year five active and
two honorary members of the associa
tion have died, and later suitable
memorials will be read.
Clangs in By-Laws.
A new article to the constitution was
adopted. It makes It possible to have
apeclal sessions of the association on
the written call of ten members.
Talk on Timber Tests.
H. P. Holroyd, of the forestry dlvls
Ion or the United States department
of agriculture, gave a most Interesting
talk on hardwoods and tests of tim
bers for the vehicle trade.
He stated that the necessity of
laboratory In Washington to tqake these
teats was an Imperative one. Many of
the so-called defects are not such un
der test, and do not affeet the strength
of the woods.
With a chart he demonstrated tests
REPLY MADE
TO SPENCER
BY STRIKERS
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Say That Southern’s
Proposition Is Not as
Fair as Seems.
Here dro' pictures of Mrs. Lillian Platt, who, It Is reported In New
York,, has bpgun suit for a divorce from United State* Senator Thomas
HAVE POLICE
There Is No Confirmation of the Report—The
Aged Senator Is Badly Broken Up by
His Matrimonial Troubles.
New York.. Oct, .24,—A report that has gone through since the dlsagree-
«a* twice the Republican nominee O
- lor governor «.f Aluhr.ina. bn* mi- O
3 Iressed a letter to Governor W. D. O
' Jelks, of this state, In which he O
- say* the repeallnj of the fifteenth O
3 amendment Is the only sure so- O
3 mtion of the grave race problem. O
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woods. His language was technical
but proved of keen Interest to the
carriage men.
With the chart he demonstrated that,
there was very slight difference be
tween the red and white spokes, but If
any It favored the red hickory.
At the conclusion of his talk Mr. Wil
son Introduced a resolution to appoint
two members of the association to go
to Washington and urge the passage of
a measure In congress to carry out the
recommendations of Mr. Holroyd for a
special laboratory to make these Um
ber tests. It was referred to the reso
lutions committee.
Treasurer’s Rsport.
The report of Secretary and Treasur
er Henry McLear followed. It showed
receipts of 814,872.49 and disbursements
of Sit.117.83 for the past year.
Twenty-five new active members
were enrolled last year and thirty-
three associate members.
A resolution was read protesting
against the action of railroads In their
proposed cessation of "stop-over" priv
ileges.
Lucius Gregory, of Chase City, \a..
president of the Southern Vehicle As-
Senator Platt has'been served with
papers In a suit for divorce was cur
rent today In political and financial cir
cles. Neither Sonilor Platt nor an>
one else would talk about the matter.
Mrs. Platt's lawyers refused to say a
word. Mr*. Platt heiself Is at the sen
(.Anta A * TTIretilnrwl Mills
ator's country home at Highland Mills,
Senator Platt la very III and feeble.
He Is carried In and out of the Hotel
Gotham when he Is able to go to his
office. The worry and excitement he
ment between himself and his wife has
changed him greatly.
'e also. She was a daughter of
Mrs..Platt. He was at hla office In the
federal building today getting ready to
go out of town for a vacation.
may be
until he Is strong enough to take up his
work again. Mr. Carmody said he was
pledged not to say anything at all
about Senator Platt's affairs.
Defense pf Negroes
Takes New Turn
. in Court.
GIRL CHLOROFORMED
‘AND SPIRITED AWAY
IS BELIEF OF MOTHER
Birmingham Is Stirred
by Mysterious Dis
appearance.
K pedal to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 24.—Birming
ham Is stirred today with gi story that
Involves the mysterious disappearance
of Miss Fannie Fennell, the pretty
18-year-old daughter of Mrs. J. H.
Sfdebottom, who resides at 729 North
Twenty-first street. The mother Is of
the opinion that her daughter has been
kidnaped by a mysterious man who has
been writing her letters since Septem
ber 18. She declares that she detected
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social Ion, delivered an Interesting ad
dress on the progress of vehicle build
ing In the South. He showed that re-
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odor* of chloroform when she entered
her daughter's room at 5 o'clock this
morning and found her missing. The
clothes discarded when she retired last
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O New York, Oct. 24.—For the O
O nominal charge of one cent the O
O younger children In five of the O
O public schools on the lower east O
O side are being supplied with O
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night were In place, and there was
nothing to indicate that anything else
was put on. If the mother's theory Is
correct the girl was carried away In
her night clothes.
A hackmsn has been found who car
ried a man to the house st 11 o’clock
last night and a brother of the girl
says he heard a noise about that time.
The police are at work on the case.
BRITISH COTTON MEN
START FOR THE SOUTH
London. Oct. 24.—As a result of ob
servations of the commission sent by
the Lancashire cotton sjlnners to ex
amine the methods of cotton produor
tlon In the Southern United States, a
second commission, invested with lar
ger powers, has sailed on the steamer
Caronla for New York.
The commission Is authorised to buy
suitable land In the Southern states and
to experiment In the growing of cot
ton on behalf of certain Lancashire
spinners.
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O New York, Oct. 24.—Scientists O
0 today, are much Interested In two O
O carloads of petrified skeletons, of 0
O about 500 animals, mostly new to O
O science, and which lived on earth O
O from one and a half to eight ml)- O
Has the county. police force a right
to exl»t? - f
Tho trial of the forty-odd negroes,
now under arrest o| a murder charge
for alleged complicity In the killing of
County Policeman Jim Heard on the
night of September 24. while he, with
others, was patrolling the negro suburb
known as Brownsville, will again bring
this question to the front. These cases
are set as a special order of the crlml-
dtvlslon of the superior court
Thursday.
The lawyers defending somo of the
negroes under arrest will attempt to
convince the court and Jury that the
county policeman has no extraordinary
rights under the law, and that the act
creating the department Is unconstitu
tional, os It now stands.
; ! J. D. Kilpatrick, who represents sev
eral of the prisoners, said to a Georgian
reporter Wednesday afternoon that the
point he was going to make was entire,
ly different from those under which the
legality of the county police force has
been carried to the supreme court in
several other cases. He will contend,
however, that the men composing the
party of which Mr. Heard was a mom.
her had no right to be going Into the
settlement In the manner they did; that
they had no more rights than ordinary
citliena: and that the negroes who fired
at them thought they were doing so In
self-defense.
The representatives of the defend
ants will also argue that all of the ne-
vroes responsible for the death of Mr.
Heard and the wounding of others of
the force were killed on the spot. «
The members of the county police
force who were In the party are sure,
however, that they have at least a few
who had guns at the time and were
using them.
The local striking machinists of th«
Southern railway have prepared an
answer to the statement of H. B. Spen
cer, general manager of the Southern,
published a few days ago.
In this statement the proposition of
the Southern In regaid to the offer of
arbitration was made and dwelt upon.
The strikers, In their answer, set forth
the reasons why this offer was not ac
cepted. They contend that the otter Is
not as fair as It appears to one who
casually glances over It.
The answer Is signed by J. L. Jones,
chairman, and the other members of
the strike committee. It Is as follows;
"The Southern railroad would leave
the general public under the Impression
that the company offers. In their prop
osition to the machinists, a flat prop
osition of one cent In all their shops
on their system. The fact Is that the
machinists would really accept a flat
proposition of one and u half cents and
submit the balance to arbitration.
The real proposition of the company
follows: The company agrees to
'ollowlng advances: Manchester, one
cent; Lawrencevllle, one cent; Spencer,
one-half • cent; Columbia, one-half
cent: Charleston, one-half cent; Aa
gusta, two and a half cents; Atlanta,
one and a half cents; Birmingham, one
cent; Selina, half cent; Knoxville, one-
half cent.
From the above It can be plainly
seen to the. mast,casual observer that
the above figures would only give less
than 7-8 of a cent Increase to the men
Involved. It would be a most unreason
able proposition to expect the men to
yield this much at the very start and
trust to arbitration for <h# balance.
"Were It a matter of profits, one
could, with safety, i accept. But when
It Involves the living and life of hu
man beings, the proposition Is man!
festty unjust upon Its face.
"We urge the public to suspend Judg
ment In the matter until the evidence
Is all In. In the proposition submit
ted to the men, several points were not
allowed any advance whatever, not
withstanding a number of man were
employed at these discriminated places.
In consequence, much dissatisfaction
was expressed on that acjfiunt.
11-2 cents In-
'At Augusta, where
crease was allowed- tha truth Is only
four men are employed In that city,
while In Salisbury, where 180 machin
ists are employed, only 1-3 Scent was
granted. This Is one of the largest
points on the system.
"We ask that the public consider this
matter In a fair and Impartial manner.
The general tenor of labor organisa
tions Is to avoid strikes, and the ma
chinists are no exception to this rule.
for something In this difference be
tween the Southern railroad and the
machinists.”
London, Oct 24—Wild scenes of dis
order took place today In the West
minster police court, where the woman
suffragists, who created a disturbance
at the opening of parliament yester
day, were given a hearing.
The' court was besieged by a big
crowd, mostly women sympathisers of
the prisoners, who mode the outside of
the building as noisy a* the Inside. The
police nlmost had a pitched battle try
ing to keep the crowd In order. Fifty
special guards were called to the
building.
Would Not Give Bond.
Inside the court room the women
who made the trouble In the house
were arrajgned. There was eight of
them and all refused to testify, declar
ing In loud voices that they did not
recognize the Jurisdiction of a male
court.
The Judge, amid cheers from sympa
thisers In the audience for their stand,
bound each of them over to keep the
peace for six months In the sum of 825.
All eight refused to give bond, declar-
Ing they preferred to go to Jail. This
sentiment was cheered loudly.
Eight Prisoners Liberated.
When approached by the officers the
eight prisoners refused to leave tho
court room. The officers then decided
to leavo them lnslrle, and did so, lock
ing the doors. Sympathizers attacked
the policemen and secured the key to
one of the doors.
Th* rescuers rushed In and set free
the eight prisoners. One policeman In
the scrlmmngc was thrown bodily back
Into the room and the door locked. The
crowd then inarched away In triumph.
Reserves Charge Crowd.
Policemen chased the women for sev
eral blocks and blows were exchanged
before the key was secured and the
men went back to release their brother
officers. The escaped prisoners then
addressed the crowd of 2,000 that had
followed them, returning to the steps
of the court room.
Miss Parker, who became very vio
lent, was re-srrested and talen to
prison. Reserves then charged tho
whole assemblage and the crowd scat
tered.
Women Use Testh.
During the tuatle with ths police, the
women fought with their teeth and
finger nnllz, their hftt pins and also
did considerable kicking. The clothes
of many of ths officers were torn and
they were scratched and bitten.
The court later Imposed a sentence
of two months' Imprisonment on the
eight women for refusing to give the
bond to keep the peace.
OMAHA COAL MEN
HAD FORMED TRUST
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 24.—
The grand jury today re
turned fifty-seven indict
ments against members of
the Omaha coal exchange
for violation of the anti
trust laws.
OELRICHS’ WIDOW
FIGHTS HIS WILL
MURDERER OF ACTRESS
COOLLY TELLS POLICE
FULL STORY OF CRIME
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the Rocky mountains as the result O
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New York, Oct. 24.—Mrs. Herman
Oelrichs’ determined fight to gain
share of the millions left by her
husband for her 15-year-old son, Her
man Oelrichs, Jr., was renewed today
following the rupture of all negotia
tions looking toward a compromise be
tween her and her husband's brother
and sister.
A protest against admitting to pro
mt, cutting
bate the will of her huibam
off both herself and her son from all
benefit from the estate, was made by
Mrs. oelrichs through her attorneys to
Che surrogate.
Chicago, Oct. 24. — Mystery sur
rounding the death of Mrs. Margaret
Leslie, an actress. In her room at the
Palace Hotel, Wednesday night, was
cleared last evening, when Howard EX
Nicholas confessed that he had stran
gled the woman and then escaped from
the hotel with her diamonds concealed
In a secret cavity In his cork leg.
Nicholas Is one of the most remarks-
hlo criminals the police of Chicago have
had to deal with. Omitting no details
and without ntsltatlon, he told how the
actress, suspecting nothing, had ad
mitted him to her room, and how. while
she sat on the edfib of tho bed, laugh
ing and talking, he had suddenly crept
close, overpowered her, and strangled
her to death.
Thought it Was 8ulclde.
Tho woman's Jewels, valued at 82,000,
have not been recovered, and other ar
rests are expected.
It was first believed that Mrs. Leslls
had committed suicide, an open gas
Jet strengthening such a theory. A cor
oner’s Jury returned a verdict of acci
dent. Then the woman's relatives hur
ried to the city, and an Investigation
resulted In the attest of Nicholas.
He was confronted by two pawnbro
kers who Identified him as having of
fered the diamonds for sale. It was
said that Nicholas produced the Jewels
from a cavity In his artificial limb. In
the face of this Identification, Nicholas
fyufcc down and made a complete con-
festion.
Nicholas Makes Confession.
Nicholas lost a leg In a railroad ac
cident. fir which he got 84,000. Later
he was "angel" for a theatrical com-
late he had been In
.When Nicholas had completed his
confession, he turned to Chief of Po
lice Collins and said with a smile:
"Now give me a cigar. Don't you
think what I have told you Is worth a
cigar 7”
Nlcholv told how he went to Mrs.
Leslie's room just before midnight.
Strangled With Sheet.
"When I asked htr for money." he
said, "she told me she was ‘broke.’ I
then asked her to lend me the diamonds
that I might pawn them. When she
still refused 1 threatened her, and she
laughed at me. I was the smalleet and
a cripple.
"Well,' I took a corner of the bed'
sheet and put it around her neck so
my finger marks would not be left, and
strangled her to death. She fought
hard and pleaded for mercy, but I
knew 1 was In for it, and. I finished her.
I laid her on the bed, arranged things
around In the room, and turned on the
gaa to make It appear that she hail
committed suicide. Then I tool: the
diamonds and hid them tn my cork leg,
and walked down the rear stairway and
escaped.
She Aided Speaker Cannon.
"Is that all?"
"Yea; I gueee that's all for this time,
and all for me forever,” replied Nich
olas, smiling.
Mrs Leslie eame from a well-to-do
central lltlncls family, the Wcodys, and
the tragedy bringe back reminiscences
o; Joseph G. Cannon’s early clays In
politics, Ic was the Woody quartet,
composed of Sirs. Leslie's uncles, that
accompanied "Uncle Joe" In many of
Ms campaigns and sing "Illinois" when
the speskei first stumped the district
In his race for congres. Mr. Leslie,
then a slip of a girl, sang with her un-
cles, a*d in one hotly contested cam
paign It was l-ald her voice contributed
materially to "Uncle Joe's"-success.
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Women Suffragists
Defy Law and
Are Rescued.
WON’T GIVE BOND;
DON’T GO TO JAIL
Police Reserves Cli irge
Crowd to Get Keys
of Court.